Interesting if this does end up being the case. Weird they have an older chip and only 3gb of ram in testing though Samsung Galaxy Note 7 to come with Android 7.0 out of the box according to Geekbench
I certainly hope they do not. That'd be putting software that's not ready on hardware that's not meant to run it.
You have no idea how "ready" the software will be from the perspective of Samsung.
Also, why is the hardware not meant to run it? It's probably going to be DayDream ready, so the hardware should absolutely be "designed" to run it.
Edit: Actually, if it's DayDream ready that means it's certified to run it, not just designed to.
They're going to run off of beta code? Or you think they have early access to a final version that hasn't hit AOSP? Adding in support for the Vulcan API isn't the same as being fully optimized for all of N's new stuff - and it still seems possible (to me) that they don't know what all of N's new stuff is yet, let alone have full access to all of the final software - which they need in order to samsungify it and add firmware level support for their own features.
Will the new type of USB (USB C?) still work with on the go drives to copy files to and from computers etc? I never connect directly to computers. Always use otg drives.
I certainly hope they do not. That'd be putting software that's not ready on hardware that's not meant to run it.
Yeah I have no doubts of Samsung's ability to put N on the 7, just pretty sure N isn't actually finished and they've had no time to do optimization yet.
As long as their has been beta Samsung has had the code, so they have had plenty of time to make optimizations. You fail to understand these companies get the finished products before regular consumers. Just because their is no "final beta" (even though the latest beta seems pretty solid) doesn't mean that Samsung doesn't have a newer version.
Yep, I know that many of the companies get early access, and Samsung would be one because they manufacture the Snapdragon processors - but they can do some work off a beta, but they can't finish N before N is finished - which it isn't. They might have a more up to date version than what's on Nexus, but that's not the same thing as working with a final product.
Eh Samsung and other OEM's already have Nougat so Samsung modifying it and adding touchwiz would not surprise me. That being said, their hardware will be more than ready to run it. Look at the specs of the next nexus devices and compare to the note rumored specs. It has more than enough to run it, and run it well.
I doubt that Samsung is as interested in Android N as we Android geeks are. And why would they be? Especially for a new step in the Note series? They've already baked more functionality into those phones than is available out-of-the-box on any Nexus device. What's available in N that they actually need in order to sell a new Note?
Also, by releasing the Note 5 in August last year, on LP, a full month ahead of the 2015 Nexuses and Android M, Samsung pretty clearly established Apple as their chief, if not only, competitor, in Western markets at least. Releasing a Note 7 running N before Google releases the 2016 Nexuses would be like Samsung throwing the smackdown on Google's Nexus line, which is no competition at all to the Note line. I mean, this year the Nexus line can't even match the Note on a simple spec like display size, let alone S pen functionality. So why worry about N?